Law and everyday decision making: Rational, descriptive, and normative models

Social Consciousness in Legal Decision Making: Psychological Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 3-32

  Wiener, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 84889959217     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-46218-9_1     Document Type: Chapter

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